A comer! World's biggest arepa made in Venezuela

To mark its 70th anniversary and 50 years producing Venezuela's first and most popular pre-cooked maize flour, food and drinks firm Empresas Polar has made it into the Guinness Book of Records by cooking the world's largest arepa.

The monster maize bun was created from scratch on Wednesday, 23 March, by a large host of Polar employees at the company's headquarters in Los Cortijos, Caracas, who

Recipe: How to Make Arepas

Arepas are cornmeal patties that are eaten in place of bread in Venezuela. They are quick to make, healthy and can be eaten at any time of the day. At breakfast, they can be served steaming hot from the oven with a slather of butter, or filled with cheese, ham or perico, Venezuelan-style scrambled eggs. During the day, they make the perfect snack and are sold in fast-food outlets called areperas